Zara McDermott is done with reality TV
Love Island's Zara McDermott has announced she's quitting reality TV.
As a result, she won't be returning to Made In Chelsea with her boyfriend Sam Thompson.
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She broke the news of her departure from the show to The Sun's TV Mag, 'I’ve left. Sam’s still in.'
The social media star said she wants to focus her time and energy on creating more documentaries.
This revelation follows the release of her documentary, Revenge Porn.
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Zara said, 'I would like to do more documentaries.'
'I’m bursting with ideas. I think I surprised myself - I was obviously nervous, a year ago.'
'I enjoyed that gratification of helping people,' the TV star said.
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She said of her documentary making ideas, 'That’s my goal for this year and next year.'
So we'll no longer be seeing the behind the scenes of Zara's life on our TV screen anymore.
'No more reality TV, it’s hard on the soul.'
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Zara's job before fame
Before she embarked into the world of reality TV, Zara was a government advisor.
She told The Sun that she loved the job so much because at the end of the day, she felt like she had helped someone.
'My experience was every change you make was positive, and that’s something I’ve missed for a few years, before making this documentary.'
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But that's not to say she doesn't love her life as a social media influencer.
She admitted, 'Influencing is amazing, you get to travel around the world, it’s quite a superficial way of living.'
'Superficial isn’t always bad, but there comes a point where I have a very active brain and I want to feel like I'm doing something and making some kind of positive change. That’s when I think I'll go back.'
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'For now, my priority is being able to find a great balance of all the different things, influencing, fashion, working with charities, campaigning for changes in revenge porn law.'
'And taking a step back from reality TV. No more reality TV for me,' Zara concluded.
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Zara's Revenge Porn documentary dropped this week.
In it, her boyfriend Sam admits he saw her leaked private images before they met.
Read more here.
